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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Sugar Snap Peas! English Shell Peas!! Wild Watercress!! Asparagus! Thubarb! Strawberries!

Eckerton has sugar snaps and shell peas. Cherry Lane has sugar snap peas and strawberries, as well as their excellent baby lettuce, and asparagus. Norwich is on the East side of the market near Park Avenue again and has mizuna, red mustard greens, spinach, and other greens. James Durr and Newfield Farm have beautiful peonies and Durr has lovely irises as well. River Garden has lilies of the valley. Other stands have various country wildflowers. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild baby arugula, young garlic, and chives. D'Attiloco has salad and other greens, sprouts, and young garlic. Tonjes is here with buttermilk and cheeses, Cato has a variety of tasty cheeses, and Three Corner Field Farm has cheeses, yogurt, lamb cuts, soaps, and wool.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Norwich's Garlic Scapes!! Muddy River's Young Spring Beets!!

Norwich has fresh garlic scapes and chive flowers, as well as spinach, arugula, kales, and other greens. Muddy River has bok choi, new season beets, and other produce. Bodhitree has greenhouse tomatoes, greens, and strawberries. McEnroe has several radish varieties. Two Guys has salad greens and herbs. Stokes has several cut herbs in addition to their herb and vegetable sets, flowering plant sets, and hanging potted flowering plants. (Sadly, their asparagus season seems to be over. No more delicious purple asparagus!) Berried Treasures has Red Norland and creamy Red Fingerling potatoes as well as plenty of watercress. Ardith Mae is here with several delicious farmstead goat cheeses. Cheerful Cherry is here with flowering plants and succulents.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Greenhouse Heirloom Tomatoes!! Morels!! Young Garlic!!

Honey Hollow is back with several kinds of mushrooms, including good-looking morels. Cherry Lane has their first greenhouse heirloom tomatoes and promises sugar snap peas for Saturday. Bodhitree has great cucumber varieties, many types of greens, radishes, herbs, and strawberries. Stokes Farm has beautiful potted flowers, cut and potted herbs, and delicious purple and green asparagus. Locust Grove and Terhune have many kinds of apple and Red Jacket has several types of fllavored apple juices. Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful young garlic, wild arugula, and chives.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Hudson Valley Duck Farm Moves! Newfield Has Peonies and Irises! Lani Has Beautiful Strawberries!

A new farm, McEnroe, has tomatoes, radishes, and other produce. Scarborough has bonsai as well as herb and other plants in sets and pots. PE and DD Seafood has fresh fish and other seafood. Race Farm has asparagus and other produce, herb and flowering plants, and baked goods.Greener Pastures has wheat grass and sunflower sprouts. Tello's Green Farm has great eggs. Consider Bardwell Farm has delicious cheeses. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is in the middle of the market.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Eckerton is Back!! Three Corner Field Farm is Back!!

ECKERTON IS BACK!! Tim says there will be peas next week and fava beans are coming soon. James Durr has gorgeous PEONIES!!! Stokes and Hoeffner have purple and green asparagus and Cherry Lane has great green asparagus. Gorzynsky has cress, lettuce, and rhubarb, as well as other greens. D'Attolico is here with young garlic, salad mix, sprouts, and other produce. Eckerton has many sorts of radish, including French breakfast radish, as does Paffenroth.

Norwich Farm has been moved!! They are now on the Eastern end of the Greenmarket, near 16th Street. They have all sorts of tasty greens. Stokes, Oak Grove, and Binder have wonderful herb plants, as do Silver Heights and Newfield Farm. Northshire Farm has good looking salad mix and other greens as well as eggs and honey. Mountain Sweet Berry has ramps, wild baby arugula, chives, and tiny potatoes. Windfall has all sorts of delicious greenhouse greens, including pea shoots, as well as edible flowers. Oak Grove has beautiful edible nasturtium plants as well as their excellent variety of heirloom tomato plants.

THREE CORNER FIELD FARM IS BACK!! They have all sorts of tasty lamb cuts. Violet Hill is here with Belle Rouge chickens, eggs, and various sausages. Quattro's has lovely poultry as well as great eggs.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Cheerful Cherry! New Goat Cheese Farm! Rhubarb!!

Berried Treasures has watercress, ramps, and fiddleheads. Bodhitree has several salad and other greens, pullet eggs, asparagus, and strawberries. Two Guys From Woodbridge has salad greens, minigreens and herbs. Stokes has purple and green asparagus. Muddy River has bok choi, spring onions, arugula, and other greens. Beth's Jams has various pickled vegetables in addition to chutneys and jams. Our Daily Bread is here with tasty breads and scones and Red Jacket is here with juices. River Garden has dried flowers.Miglorelli has various greens, including broccoli rabe.Ardith Mae Goat Farm is here with delicious cheeses. Cheerful Cherry is back for the first time this year! (I'm looking forward to Jim's wonderful cherries, peaches, tomatoes, flowers, and other good things.) Check out the ostrich stand for ostrich meat and eggs!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Purple and Green Asparagus! Early Strawberries! Rhubarb!

The New York Times features watercress today, with a picture of Rick Bishop holding a big bunch of his beautiful variety. The article says he has it on and off and unfortunately today is an off day! It is indeed great watercress, so do check it out week to week!

Hoeffner and Stokes both have beautiful purple and green asparagus today. Hoeffner has rhubarb and Bodhitree has strawberries. Pie!!! Stokes has lovely cut herbs and Nevia, Cherry Lane, S&SO and others have asparagus. Bodhitree, Windfall, Madura, and others have all sorts of greens and Cherry Lane has the first of their bags of beautiful young lettuces. Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry have ramps.